Sou Fujimoto concept model

Our first concept model submission has arrived! Ryo Tsuchie, one of the team in Sou Fujimoto‘s office arrived at the Contemporary Team offices here at the V&A this afternoon, straight off a flight from Tokyo – having brought their two (very beautiful) models as hand luggage.

This is the moment Ryo opens the package and we see one of the models for the first time:

The office wanted to submit two proposals, both for the same location – V&A Architecture Gallery landing, both eplxoring the idea of rural idylls and the relationship between inside and outside space. Initial observations: one proposal consists of a cluster of perspex boxes containing intricate reproductions of plants and shrubs; the other is a hollowed, tree-like form rendered in transparent acrylic. Both seem well-suited for the south-facing windows and the generous floods of daylight that we are blessed with on the Architecture Gallery landing. I’m off to read the concept submission paperwork in more detail!

1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces (2010)

1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces was a contemporary architecture exhibition exploring the power of small spaces. Running from 15 June - 30 August 2010 at the V&A, a number of international architects were asked to design structures which explored notions of refuge and 'retreat'. These buildings examined themes such as play, work, performance and study and were built at full-scale in various spaces within the V&A.Exhibition curator, Abraham Thomas documented the evolution of the exhibition and offered an insight into the architects' design and construction processes.